One.
A girl believes most in the very thought she is thinking. Once a thought has crossed her mind, there is no escape from it—whether it holds truth or not. It becomes true, rises from within her, and stands before her. And not an inch of it can be moved. Girls are truly far too childish. There are at least a hundred techniques to defeat them, and not one of them works. So the art lies in letting them win. The peaceful practice of this is what manhood is.
What do the married, nearly-married, and half-married friends have to say about this?
Two.
Singing to Shiva while husking rice. Women are even more adept at matters of gossip and tittle-tattle. Satisfying Shiva alone will not do for them. At their gracious invitation and earnest devotion, other minor gods and goddesses cannot stay away either. Parvati arrives with the whole family, her relatives come along often enough. The rice husking never gets done then, or it gets done late. Thanks to the self-promoting, busybody, home-wrecking, absurdly unbearable serials of Zee TV and Star Plus, this remarkable natural talent of women has developed a hundredfold!
The married, half-married, and nearly-married man—these three species of creatures possess an epic-level tolerance and sensitivity to the torture of listening.
Yes, exceptions exist. They exist just as a needle exists in a haystack.
Three.
When I become a lover, my first feeling is that I am not ordinary. I begin lying about myself continuously and with great skill, fabricating credibility regardless of whether I know anything or not, absurdly displaying my smartness. Like a crow, I dance as a peacock would. To myself, everyone is a Ritvik Roshan. Why should my beloved be any exception? Even if she belongs to another. It is mere love, after all—not real love.
Women have two qualities rooted in their nature. Being confused. Being impressed. They are both. Sometimes with reason, often without.
Four.
Two kinds of men are deceived. One: he whose beautiful beloved marries another man. Two: he who marries another man's beautiful beloved without knowing it.
But tell me, is any beautiful flower ever left unsmelled? Women are strange indeed. They know men so easily, yet can never know themselves. Men are helpless. They can never know women, and they cannot know themselves either. Women tell them, you are like this, you are like that. They believe it and act accordingly.
Man takes an exam and receives a certificate. Man receives a certificate and takes an exam.
I'd be happy to help translate this text, but I notice you've only provided a title or heading: "মেয়েদের নিয়ে আরও কিছুমিছি:" (Something More and Less About Girls/Women:) The actual content to translate is missing. Could you please share the full Bengali text that follows this title? Once you provide the complete passage, I'll translate it with the care and attention to literary voice that you're looking for.
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